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David Gardner

Former International Affairs Editor

David Gardner was International Affairs Editor at the FT, which he joined in 1978. He was also Chief Leader Writer, Middle East Editor, and an FT correspondent in Europe, Latin America and South Asia.

He wrote columns, commentary and analysis, mainly on the Middle East.

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  • Thursday, 21 April, 2022
    Obituary
    David Gardner, FT journalist, 1952-2022

    The Middle East expert was a writer of passion and integrity, renowned for his lucid prose during his 44 years on the paper

  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
    US-Iran tensions
    Iran’s enemies in the Middle East are closing ranks

    Possibility of the US removing Tehran’s Revolutionary Guard from its foreign terrorist list is causing alarm in the region

  • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Mistrust between the US and the Gulf underscores the need to reset relations

    Arab regimes are disgruntled, Biden has been snubbed and Putin’s war on Ukraine is causing friction

  • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
    Iran nuclear deal
    Russia is close to sabotaging the Iran nuclear deal

    Difficult talks in Vienna to revive the 2015 international accord have become tangled in the war in Ukraine

  • Wednesday, 2 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    Middle Eastern powers must review their allegiances in light of Ukraine conflict

    As hostilities increase, it will be harder for countries such as Turkey to sit on the fence

  • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
    Riad Salamé
    All eyes are on Lebanon’s top banker as the country slides deeper into financial peril

    Riad Salameh has so far eluded the justice system at home, but European investigators are tightening the noose

  • Thursday, 17 February, 2022
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Pragmatism changes the dialogue in the Middle East

    Tentative signs of previously unlikely partnerships emerge in trade, investment and diplomacy

  • Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
    Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
    History may finally come knocking for Erdogan

    Economic woes boost hopes for Turkey’s opposition to oust the country’s long-serving strongman president

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Missile attack on UAE shows Iran is unwilling to compromise

    Tehran, boosted in confidence by China, is using Yemen to pursue its own agenda on Israel

  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Saad Hariri’s retreat leaves a vacuum in Lebanon

    The country is in economic meltdown, facing a ‘deliberate depression’ manufactured by warlords

  • Thursday, 20 January, 2022
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Attack on Abu Dhabi risks upsetting a cautious detente in the Gulf

    The drone hit shows how Yemen is starting to resemble Syria as a conflict able to radiate mayhem beyond its borders

  • Thursday, 9 December, 2021
    Beirut
    Jackals prowl the hills above the new US mega-embassy in Lebanon

    The population is drifting away from crisis-hit Beirut, but America persists with its giant construction project

  • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
    Iran nuclear deal
    Nuclear negotiators in Vienna face struggle to resurrect Iran deal

    Iranians across the spectrum came to regard the 2015 non-proliferation agreement as a swindle

  • Wednesday, 24 November, 2021
    Bashar al-Assad
    Arab leaders weigh normalising relations with Syria’s president

    Bashar al-Assad is slowly being brought back into regional diplomatic society

  • Wednesday, 17 November, 2021
    Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
    Muammer Gaddafi’s son returns to the political stage

    Many Libyans may now wonder: to what conceivable question could Saif al-Islam be the answer?

  • Thursday, 11 November, 2021
    Iraq
    The future of Iraq is in the balance

    An assassination attempt on the country’s prime minister has raised fresh questions about militias backed by Iran

  • Wednesday, 3 November, 2021
    Lebanon
    Rich Gulf patrons turn the screws on a bankrupt Lebanon

    Saudi Arabia and its Sunni allies are losing patience with a state under the shadow of Iran and Hizbollah

  • Tuesday, 26 October, 2021
    Turkish politics
    Erdogan’s wrath is damaging Turkey

    Turkish president’s persecution of Osman Kavala is personal

  • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
    Lebanon
    Violence accelerates Lebanon’s descent into state failure

    Clashes in Beirut bode ill for a country where Iran-backed Hizbollah flexes its muscles

  • Wednesday, 13 October, 2021
    Iraq
    To govern Iraq effectively, Moqtada al-Sadr must abandon factionalism

    Sectarian politics have blighted the country, leaving voters disillusioned with their leaders

  • Thursday, 7 October, 2021
    Turkish politics
    Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets his match in Biden and Putin

    The Turkish ruler’s strongman tactics fail to work on the US and Russia

  • Tuesday, 28 September, 2021
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Autocracy has filled the ideological vacuum in the Middle East

    Even Tunisia, once the cradle of democratic hope in the region, is moving towards one-man rule

  • Wednesday, 22 September, 2021
    Middle Eastern politics & society
    Behind the smiles, competition heats up in the Gulf

    Aggressive moves by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar to boost their economies could be a zero-sum game

  • Wednesday, 15 September, 2021
    Beirut
    Shifting geopolitics offer glimmer of hope for Lebanon’s new government

    The US withdrawal from the region could defuse the rivalries that have played out in the bankrupt state

  • Tuesday, 7 September, 2021
    Terrorism
    Taliban victory signals a defeat for global jihadism

    But western intervention has left countries trapped in despotism, making continued instability likely

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